“Before I found out you couldn't get bitten by a radioactive spider and...” — Julian Dennison Quote

Before I found out you couldn't get bitten by a radioactive spider and shoot webs out of your wrist, I wanted to be a superhero when I grew up - until I was, like, 8.

We have got amazing filmmakers in New Zealand with amazing stories to tell, and I want to keep being a part of that.

I love 'Whale Rider.' That's one of my favorite films of all time.

For me, playing a chubby or fat superhero was so special because I would go and watch these movies with my friends and would never see anyone like me. I am excited to be that for other kids who look like me.

Taika asked me to do 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople' in 2014, and I was like, 'Yeah, I am keen. I'd really enjoy it.' I didn't have to audition. It was quite cool.

If you don't have a tonne of optimism, you're not going to make it... you won't be able to evangelise to everyone else. On the other hand, if you aren't constantly paranoid about what can go wrong and put plans in place, then you're going to get bitten at some point.

I was bitten by an octopus.

I've never been bitten by a shark, though God knows I had to poke a lot of them in the nose.

I didn't write 'Snow White' for any class, but I got bitten by the screenwriting bug and wrote a couple of scripts in my spare time instead of going to keg parties or something.

If you had told me as a kid that I'd be playing at Old Trafford, which is sold out for England in a home Euros, I would have bitten your hand off.